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. 2013 Apr 15;2013:798347. doi: 10.5402/2013/798347

Table 2.

Main organizational attributes by organizational PHC model (percentage of organizations with the modality in the class).

Organizational PHC models (n = 473) Professional models Community model
(n = 55)
Single provider
(n = 174)
Contact
(n = 68)
Coordination
(n = 104)
Coordination integrated
(n = 72)
% of organizations 36.8% 14.4% 22.0% 15.2% 11.6%

Vision

V2 responsibility Clientele* (83%) Individuals who present* (44%) Clientele* (88%) Population* (26%) or
Clientele (64%)
Population* (31%) or clientele (69%)
V3 organizational priority Continuity > accessibility (84%) Accessibility > continuity* (54%) Continuity > accessibility* (89%) Continuity > accessibility* (76%) Continuity > accessibility* (95%)
V6 financial return More important (59%) More important* (65%) Less important (52%) More important* (67%) Less important* (93%)
V7 team work Less important* 
(91%)
More important (50%) More important* (74%) More important* (88%) More important* (75%)

Resources

R1 size of clinics Very small* (91%) Average* (34%)
or variable
Small* (57%) Large* (47%) Large* (56%)
R3 presence of other professional or specialist None* (40%) High* (81%) High* (69%) High* (76%) Average* (56%)
R6 information technologies Very low* (45%) Low or very low (70%) Low or very low (62%) High* (40%) High* (49%)
R7 technical platform Very low* (78%) High* (32%) Average* (53%) High* (24%) Average* (82%)

Structure

S1 governance Professional private* (100%) Professional private* (100%) Professional private* (100%) Professional private* (100%) Public* (100%)
S5 MD remuneration Fee for services* (100%) Fee for services* (100%) Fee for services* (100%) Fee for services* (100%) Time based* (100%)
S7 coordination of care (intraorganizational) None* (93%) Informal* (52%) Informal* (58%) Formal* (63%) Formal* (65%)
S8 collaboration with PHC No (52%) No* (69%) No* (61%) Yes* (88%) No (53%)
S9 collaborations with secondary care institutions No (56%) No* (68%) No* (66%) Yes* (86%) Yes (62%)

Practices

PZ mode of consultation Mostly scheduled appointment* (82%) Mostly
walk-in* (69%)
Mostly scheduled appointment (64%) Mixed (24%) or variable Mixed (25%) or mostly scheduled appointment (67%)
PB role of the nurses No nurse* (88%) Limited* (27%)
or no nurse (66%)
No nurse* (75%) Extended* (55%) Extended* (82%)
P7 scope of services Narrow* (59%) Narrow* (59%) Broad* (47%) Very broad* (47%) Very broad* (69%)
PH quality assessment None* (100%) More or less* (68%) More or less* (66%) More* (50%) More* (67%)

*P ≤ .05.